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1972. Schaffer concert. Abakanowicz installation. Atelier '72. RDG, Edinburgh.

20 August - 9 September 1972. L-R: Boguslaw Schaffer, Marian Warzecha, Suzanne Patterson, in Magdalena Abakanowicz's installation for Atelier '72 (contemporary Polish art) at the RDG, 8 Melville Crescent, Edinburgh, presented in collaboration with the Lodz Museum of Art for the Edinburgh International Festival. In the foreground is part of Abakanowicz's red rope, which exited the first floor gallery window and linked the gallery with St. Mary's Cathedral, in Palmerson Place. Polish composer Boguslaw Shaffer, in collaboration with artist Marian Warzecha, cellist Suzanne Patterson, actor Robert Lloyd-Pack and actress Jayne Sofiano, presented five concerts in the RDG, daily at 4.00pm, from 4 - 8 September 1972. Photograph by George Oliver.